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Endangered Olive Ridley Turtles mating - when sex is good news! The olive ridley is a small extant sea turtle, with an adult carapace length averaging 60 to 70 cm. The heart-shaped carapace is characterized by four pairs of pore-bearing inframarginal scutes on the bridge, two pairs of prefrontals, and up to nine lateral scutes per side. Olive ridleys are unique in that they can have a variable and asymmetrical lateral scute count ranging from five to nine plates on each side, with six to eight being most commonly observed. Each side of the carapace has 12--14 marginal scutes. The carapace is flattened dorsally and highest anterior to the bridge. It has a medium--sized, broad head that appears triangular from above. The head's concave sides are most obvious on the upper part of the short sn